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Aug 25, 2021 • 13 min read
Analysis

Cambodia risks becoming a hub in the Mekong region’s thriving drug trade

Uncertainty and turmoil in the Golden Triangle, Southeast Asia's long-time narcotics hub, means syndicates are casting an eye across the Mekong for next steps. With soaring meth seizures, Cambodia is showing signs of becoming central to the region's drug trade
By John Wojcik • Aug 25, 2021

Apr 15, 2021 • 2 min read
Covid-19

Cambodia’s Hun Sen says country on ‘brink of death’ from Covid surge

Despite avoiding mass any mass outbreaks in 2020, a recent uptick in Covid-19 cases have put Cambodia "on the brink of death", its strongman premier Hun Sen has warned, as the country imposed lockdowns in the capital Phnom Penh and a nearby city.
By Agence France-Presse • Apr 15, 2021

Feb 10, 2021 • 14 min read
Land disputes

In Cambodia, this village shows even the wealthy are vulnerable to land grabbing

While high-profile land grabbing disputes involving disempowered communities have made headlines in Cambodia in recent years, the case of Arey Ksat – a village of well-connected and wealthy residents near Phnom Penh – shows few are safe from the practice
By Andrew Haffner • Feb 10, 2021

Feb 09, 2021 • 8 min read
Opinion

I witnessed the Cambodian political miracle in 1991 – we need another today

Just eight months after the boyhood Battambang home of Sek Sophal came under shelling by the Khmer Rouge, the Paris Peace Agreements were signed in an unlikely settlement. Today, the academic researcher believes the Kingdom's leaders and opposition can repair fissures and foster another political miracle
By Sek Sophal • Feb 09, 2021

Jan 28, 2021 • 4 min read
Opinion

Questions over civil society support as Swedish Embassy to shutter doors in Cambodia

Late last year, the Swedish government announced it would be closing its embassy in Cambodia. A long-time promoter and defender of human rights in the Kingdom, the closure will be sorely felt among civil society groups say Sopheap Chak and Jan Axel Nordlander
By Jan Axel Nordlander and Sopheap Chak • Jan 28, 2021

Jan 15, 2021 • 8 min read
Analysis

The hidden cost: Are Cambodia’s carbon credits really clean and green?

As global corporations, looking to offset their own emissions, pour money into eco-friendly projects in Cambodia as part of the carbon credits scheme, lurking beneath this seemingly positive initiative is corruption, rights abuses and violence says Dr Sarah Milne
By Dr Sarah Milne • Jan 15, 2021

Jan 14, 2021 • 3 min read
Democracy

Cambodia resumes mass trial of opposition figures

A mass trial has resumed in Cambodia against more than 100 opposition members and activists charged with conspiracy to commit treason related to self-exiled opposition figurehead Sam Rainsy's failed plan return to the country in 2019
By Agence France-Presse • Jan 14, 2021

Jan 05, 2021 • 4 min read
Political freedom

‘Be a leader’: Sochua calls on king to intervene to ensure her return

With a revoked Cambodian passport in hand and a ruling party intent on blocking her return, Cambodian National Rescue Party deputy leader Mu Sochua has called on King Sihamoni to 'be courageous' and ensure her right to a fair trial
By Alastair McCready • Jan 05, 2021